Cornell creates space for gaming community
The Esports Gaming Lounge opens March 21, creating a space for students who find community through video games to play, compete and connect. Read more
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Kessler Fellows accepts record cohort for 2023
The Kessler Fellows program has welcomed a record 20 students to its 2023 cohort. The group will spend the spring semester learning entrepreneurial basics in preparation for a fully funded summer internship at a startup. Read more
Partnership seeks greener mining of critical minerals
Cornell’s Greeshma Gadikota will partner with Stillwater Critical Minerals to develop environmentally rigorous techniques to help the company extract a steady supply of elements. Read more
Returning solar panel production to US eases climate change
Domestic production of photovoltaic solar panels – now made in Asia – can speed up decarbonization and reduce atmospheric climate change faster, according to new Cornell Engineering research. Read more
Cornell, Toyota Material Handling cut ribbon on Forklift Learning Studio
The Forklift Learning Studio, developed in partnership with Toyota Material Handling, provides students taking mechanical engineering courses with a place to apply curriculum on real products. Read more
Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf
The Icefin team’s observations revealed more than a century of geological processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf near where it meets Kamb Ice Stream, and will inform models of sea-level rise. Read more
Made in the shade: Growing crops at solar farms yields efficiency
In the face of climate change, growing commercial crops under acres of solar panels is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land that can boost food production and improve panel longevity. Read more
‘Swarmalators’ better envision synchronized microbots
A simple model that simultaneously simulates swarming behaviors and synchronized timing takes a step toward engineering microrobots and furthering our understanding of such phenomena in biology. Read more
Postcards from Earth: Hologram project showcased at Intrepid
A yearslong effort to launch Cornell-made satellite technology into a neighboring solar system is making a terrestrial stop at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City with a new exhibit: “Postcards from Earth: Holograms on an Interstellar Journey.” Read more
Nine professors win NSF early-career awards
Researchers studying statistics applications in systems biology and next-generation wireless technology are among the nine Cornell faculty members who’ve received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Read more